{"id":"freeing-space.what-is-the-show-progress-button","url":"/faq/freeing-space/what-is-the-show-progress-button","category":{"id":"freeing-space","title":"Freeing up space"},"subcategory":{"id":"free-up-space-wizard","title":"Free Up Space wizard and button"},"question":"How do I get back to a clean-up's progress after closing the window?","alt_questions":["Show progress button Emergency Space","Where did my Free up space progress go?","Reopen the progress of a move","I closed the window, is it still moving?","Hide button on move progress"],"short_answer":"Reopen Emergency Space and press Show progress, or click the Moving… pill on the row in What's Using Space. Closing the window never stops the job, and a relaunch re-attaches to it.","answer_markdown":"Reopen the screen you started from. In Emergency Space, a **Show progress** button takes you back to the running job. For a single move started from What's Using Space, the row shows a **Moving…** pill — click it and the progress sheet returns.\n\nClosing or hiding the window never stops the work; moving files is a background job. If you quit and relaunch Storage Studio in the middle of a move, it re-attaches to the move automatically.\n\nWhen it's done, What's Using Space shows where everything ended up. See [can I stop a clear-up halfway](/faq/freeing-space/can-i-stop-a-clear-up-halfway) if you want to end it early.","answer_html":"

Reopen the screen you started from. In Emergency Space, a Show progress button takes you back to the running job. For a single move started from What's Using Space, the row shows a Moving… pill — click it and the progress sheet returns.

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Closing or hiding the window never stops the work; moving files is a background job. If you quit and relaunch Storage Studio in the middle of a move, it re-attaches to the move automatically.

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When it's done, What's Using Space shows where everything ended up. See can I stop a clear-up halfway if you want to end it early.

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Freeing up space · Free Up Space wizard and button

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How do I get back to a clean-up's progress after closing the window?

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Short answer: Reopen Emergency Space and press Show progress, or click the Moving… pill on the row in What's Using Space. Closing the window never stops the job, and a relaunch re-attaches to it.

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Reopen the screen you started from. In Emergency Space, a Show progress button takes you back to the running job. For a single move started from What's Using Space, the row shows a Moving… pill — click it and the progress sheet returns.

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Closing or hiding the window never stops the work; moving files is a background job. If you quit and relaunch Storage Studio in the middle of a move, it re-attaches to the move automatically.

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When it's done, What's Using Space shows where everything ended up. See can I stop a clear-up halfway if you want to end it early.

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